comicsworkbook:Comics Workbook Composition Competition 2016 Winners Congratulations to ALL who cre
comicsworkbook: Comics Workbook Composition Competition 2016 Winners Congratulations to ALL who created and submitted work for this year’s contest! http://comicsworkbook.com/comics-workbook-composition-competition-2016/ _____________________ First Place - $500 cash prize Cameron Nicholson - For a Lack of Better Words _____________________ Second Place - $250 credit at Copacetic Comics Shee Phon - I Know It’s Not About Me, But I Don’t Want To Die _____________________ Third Place - $100 credit at Copacetic Comics Cameron Arthur - Oasis _____________________ Honorable Mention - $50 credit at Big Planet Comics Lisa Wilkinson - The Last Time I Saw Tate Janne Marie Dauer - Blame It On the Night Moves Luke Howard - Extragalactic Niall Breen - Śūnyatā ____________________ Special Prize - $25 credit at Copacetic Comics Lina Madöry - Reflection ____________________ No Prize Shout Out! Jillian Fleck - I Got A Job. Phillip Dokes - Falling _______________________ This competition saw more entries than the last three years combined, proving once again what we have said from the beginning: that comics is THE ascendant art form. The sheer amount of energy and talent that poured into this competition during its relatively brief window provides ample testimony to this. It is our belief that artistic creation is a two way street. An artist, or any other creator, grows in the process of creating; the greater the efforts, the greater the growth. By this measure, comics creators in general – and those who submitted work to this competition in particular – are growing by leaps and bounds, and so, by definition, is the comics form; as in the final analysis, the value of a form is coincident with the work that it contains. It is our hope that all of the makers who participated in this contest have been TRANSFORMED in some way – artistically, personally, spiritually, and/or physically – by the time and energy dedicated to the creation of their submissions. Everyone who took part in this exercise has completed a hero’s journey. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJwPIiUPfK4 _______________________ Duality. Interiors/exterior. The SECRET SHARER. Reflections of self. Self-portrait. What I liked about the three winners is a strong sense of reflection and duality, and how those feelings are expressed visually as a journey and as a portrait. I see this aspect in the work of the honorable mentions and the special prizes. This year the judges looked at the entries and tried to frame the winners in a way that reflects the multifaceted jewel that is the world of comic book making in 2016. Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s contest. And to everyone who may have begun their comic but did not finish it or enter it, please finish it and post it, and we will do our best to get it seen. xoxo Frank Santoro, Pittsburgh PA ___________________________ The restrictions placed upon the contest entries were derived from The Santoro Correspondence Course for Comic Book Makers. It is my firmly held belief that restrictions such as the grid are ultimately freeing. I also believe that timing is the essential ingredient to making great comics. How do you study and practice timing in comics? You use the grid. Thank you to Copacetic Comics, Big Planet Comics, and the judges for contributing their efforts and financial support to make this contest possible. (Extra thanks to RM Rhodes for making the lists!) P.S. Please reblog. Thank you. _____________________________ Please check out the complete list of entries for 2016 below: $100 by Katelyn Haugdahl (Blame it on the) Night Moves by Janne Marie Dauer ‘Coach?’ by Tanya Guryel 2 Frogs on a Log by Alex Williams 42 by Alexey Sokolin A Boy’s Guide to Wilderness Survival by Ron Hotz A POOL by Amy Wang A Quick and Easy Guide to Finding a Husband by Hannah Kaplan A Tale by mLenaghan Abandoned by Preston Pettigrew Aerial Boundaries by Andy Rench All Imp a Days Work by Jeff Schwartzbauer Any Mood From the Feel Cart by Joan Reilly APPLE EXPLODES by John McGuire Olsen At the Base of the Statue of God by Drew Lerman Bad Smell by Fion Fitzgerald Bananas by Amanda Kay Baker Beauty is Eveywhere by Corey Bechelli Between Water and Air by Jason Hart Bloom by Evan M Cohen Body Work by Harry Deane Willmott Breach by R. Adams Carbon by Mike Shea Carnivalence by Graeme Shorten Adams Carrion Cheese by Jayro Lantigua Catnip Mice by ZEKM Cedar Grove Community Hall Circa 2002 by Josh Hicks Cock of the Walk by Erik Nebel Cold Sands by James and Adam Norfolk Congress by Oliver East Crazy Straw by Paul Daniel CYMKA by Matthew McDaniel Death Mask by Ioan Morris Diamond Comix by Danny Ceballos Did it hurt… by Mark Wang Dim Sum by li xu (disqualified) Disappoint by Jonx Rainer (disqualified) Dr. Dracula by Kalen Knowles (disqualified) Dream Sequence by Nicole Johnson Dry Season by Heron Prado Enjoy by Spencer Hicks Extragalactic by Luke Howard Eyes Out On Stalks by Karneeleus eyes wide shut // the intangible beauty of dreaming by Dennis Stratmann falling by Phillip Dokes First Performance by Ann Lewis FISH IN A TUB by Serene Lusano for a lack of better words by Cameron Nicholson Frisky in a Godless Universe by JOMM Frog.TV by Mateus Gonzales Fulfillment by Veronika Hanáková Gathering Dust by Wesley Russell (disqualified) GLGLGL by Pablo Selín glos·so·la·li·a by Louis Deux Half the Fun by Chris Anderson (disqualified) Hammer Lock by John Shields Heavy Mettle by Nicole Pergue & Jackie Kirby Hibiscus Vigilate by Nicolás Méndez Palacios I Called You My Peony by Tor Brandt I Got a Job by Jillian Fleck I know it’s not about me, but I don’t want to die. by Shee Phon I Love Trees by Rui Soares Imperative by Nilas RD In The Grass by Reilly Hadden Jeremy Meets the Forest Cow by Sienna Cittadino Kiddie Pool Bummer by Alicia Rose Obermeyer Kissing Scrapes by John Hexer La Petite Mort by Guarazú lo priestess by Courtney Loberg MAD DOG by Michael Kennedy Man in a Furnished Cell By Jon Aye MANNI by Daniel Isles mister poppers came running by emil brahe MOON CHILD by Carlos Bergfeld Muse by Alex Idei (deleted) Mute by Jesse Rimler Mxgical Gurl Xhristina by Tommy Kempen My Only Remembered Dream by Sam Meister New Beginnings by Ephameron Night Swimming by Shannon Durbin NO COPS by Alisha Rae Notes for Improvement by Mark Wang Oasis by Cameron Arthur Odds by R. Feiereisel Ojoroido by Matt Aucoin Old Friend by Kimball Anderson Patience by Shannon Durbin (disqualified) Pest, written by Zach Buil and drawn by Robert Rusch Post Sappy Update by Patrick Allaby RECOVERY by Elisa Mask reflection by lina madöry Respawn by Amanda Hamilton Sapa by Brandon Meged Self by Mariana Yatsuda Ikuta Shell Creature by Faith Wiley Shellacking by Jackson J Edge Soap Star Joe by Juan Fernandez Sombra by Sebastian Valbuena Splitting Heirs by Finn Jordan stashed by Rick Chillot Static by Jakob Streiff SUB OMNI TROPICA by daniel tuucaan starflower (disqualified) Summer Session by Steven Arenius Summer’s Cauldron. Story by Jason Das (disqualified) Śūnyatā by Niall Breen Super by Oliver East Sweet Success by Alexis Johnson Swimmer’s Dilemma by Casey Kolodin The Blue Framework by Louis Deux and Graymoon The Child by Cesar Erhard The Devourer of Kingdoms by Carla Acácio the Eating of the Wolves by Ward Zwart The Grass Eater by Emy Peyret The Investigation by Graham Mason The Kind Of Cat I Am by Lauren Flinner The Last Time I Saw Tate by Lisa Wilkinson The Legend of the Nipple Story by Devon (age 27) THE MORPHOGENESIS by Dana The Rialto Variations by Louis Deux The Savage State by Alice Blank The Story About The Succulent, The Suspect, The Sailor, The Ants And Me by Ronja Paffrath The Sword of Souls by Ryan Holgersen The Tontine Ten by Sara Sarmiento The Toxic Land by Maya Templer Twenty Eight by Drew Lerman untitled by Louise Aleksiejew Urania’s Atelier by Rachel M Thornton VERTICAL ZERO by Lucas S. Teixeira Vintage Violence by Paul Vueltas by ErzE Waiting Room by Ghadi Ghosn Warsan the Warrior by Hugh Madden Where am I? by stc019 Where Does Your Money Go? by Stella Salumaa White Bones by Clarissa Hart (disqualified) X by Shanita Wannapat _________________________ Check out past competition winners and entries: 2013 - 2014 - 2015 Woohoo! Thank you Comics Workbook! -- source link